“And Zeezrom Began to Inquire of Them Diligently”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet

We see in this verse an example of the marvelous transformation that can begin to take place because of the power of the word. Zeezrom, only a short time before, had asked baiting, trapping questions. Now that he is confronted by the power of God and having his sins laid open to view, his queries begin to change, to reflect a type of sincere inquiry after the truth. In the language of the scripture, he has been born again to see the kingdom of God (see John 3:3; Teachings, p. 328). He asks concerning Amulek’s words on the resurrection of the dead (see Alma 11:41-44), a matter which is strange, unfathomable, and indeed mysterious to those who spurn the ways of God.

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 3

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